Bird cage



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Patented ng. 7, 1928.

essere Bran GAGE.

Application filed February 21, 1927. Serial No. 169,733.

The object of this invention is to produce a bird cage of handsome' appearance which is strong and durable; which is readily accessible for the supply or food and water and 5 for cleaning; whichis inexpensiveto manu-V facture, and which prevents the birds from scattering seed, waterand refuse matter through the bars to the outside of the cage.

l accomplish the above Vand other objects which will hereinafter" appear, by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, 1n which U 1, is a view in front elevation of a bird cage embodying my invention;

Fig; 2, is a vertical central section of same on a plane through the place for the seed cups on each side shown in Fig. 1 g' Fig. 3, is anunder side plan view of the invention;

Fig. 4;, is a detail in vertical section on a larger scale of parts shown in Fig. 2; 0

Fig. 5, is a detail, viewed from the inside of the cage, of a seed cup and associated parts of the cage; a A

Fig. G, is a like view of the door of the cage and associated parts; and

Fig. 7, is a detail of the clip used 1n securing the wire cloth screens to the wire bars of the cage.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views of the drawing.

The cage here shown is cylindrical, but other shapes may be used without departlng from the intent and spirit of this invention.

The bottom 2 is formed of sheet` metal with an edge-roll 3 projecting on its upper side to form a cup-like recess into which the walls of the cage are seated. This edge-roll 3 may be a wired edge or an imitation wire roll7 in either case there being an annular channel or groove 4 between the roll and the level bottom area.

The main body of the cage comprises a tight sheet metal side portion 5 formed into a continuous band and a side superstructure 6 and top 7 formed out of wires 8 spaced apart and bent as shown.` kThese are spotwelded at their lower ends to the inner side of an outside encircling wire band 9, thereby spacing the wires from the metal sides 5 and at their upper ends to the metal base plate 10 of a cap 11. The stem of an eyebolt 12 passes through the cap 11 and plate 10; alsd through a nut 13 which has ahook by which the wire loop 1d ct' a perch swing band 9, to which the is supported. At a suitable distance between band 9 and plate 10, here shown as about halt way between them, is another outside encircling wire band 13, similar to wires 8 are also spotwelded.

The sheet metal side portion 5 has an inside channel or corrugation 14,`in which the lower wire band 9 is assembled and held.

The bottom 2 is removably secured to the sheet vmetal side member 5 by clips 15, here shown as three in number, but the number used is optional. These each comprises a strap of spring metal one end of which is passed through a slot in the side 5 and is spot-welded to the metal of said side member 5. The strap continues thence downwardly into contact with the edge roll 3 of the bottom 2 and for a distance below the bottom 2 to form feet that will suitably elevate the bottom of the cage from aftable, window sill or the like on which it may at times be placed. The strap is then bent and continued upwardly and terminates with a roll which enters the groove 11, at the edge of the bottom 2. The engagement is such th at the edge roll 8 of the bottom is gripped between portions of the clip with such tension as to require force to disengage the fastening and make accidental release improbable. l

Cups 16, for seed or water, are preferably made out of Iglass and have lugs 1'1" with vertical side channels. A pair of wires on each side'ot the cage are oppositely bowed as shown in Fig. 5. to form an opening for the passage ofthe birds head in reaching the contents of the cups, and through these enlargements the respective lugs 17 are passed and the cup is retained by pushing the lug down between the unbowed portions of the wire pair. The downward movement oi the cups is limited by their Contact with the outside bead in the sheet metal member 5, formed by the corrugation 14, in said mear ber. best shown in Fig. 2. Y

To keep the birds from throwing seed and water through the walls of the cage, I place Wire cloth screens 18 up from the solid sheet metal member 5 to the wire band 13, which is above the cups. These wire cloth screens are edged with metal strips 20, folded double with the edges of the wirel cloth between them, and are retained by running the folded edges through a crimping roller, the crimping being represented by the yshort parallel lines in the drawing. This bending of the edges isnecessary to keep the birds from irnpaling themselves on the Wire ends ofthe cloth. The screens thus formed, are secured to the vertical Wires by clips 2l. The heads of the clips are soldered to the Wire cloth and the stems are Wrapped around the ver.- tical or body Wires and clinched together.

,The doer .of the cage comprises a Wire frame 23 to which short vertical Wires are spotfivelded and the latter are covered With a Wire 910th screen in the same manner as above described for -the rest of the cage.

The door is automatically closed by a spring Y 2.4, see Fig. 6.

llhile I have here shown and described the bestenibodiment of rny invention noyv known to ine it obvious that many changes .detail are possible Without departing from its lspirit and I therefore do not desire-,to be lirnited any inore than is required by the appendedY claims. c

bird cage heving a. top centrally located Inernber the lower sides of the cage being orined ,ofslieet metal Vhaving an annular egrrngation near its upper edge and having a Wire ring in said corrugation and the np'per sides and top of the cage being formed out of' Wires which extend troni the inner side ,of the Wire ring in the corrugation tothe to centrally located rnernber to both Qt which the Wires are fastened leaving a space between the Wires of the top and sheet metal .Sides and Seid @eee bevine other Spa@- ng and fastening rneans for the wires of the :Side en@ t0n between the wir@ fine; and bep member, Seid Cese also having e belt of Woven Wire above and next to the sheetymetal side member sealed in the space between the metal side member and Wires ot the top.

2. In a bird cage, a side Wall comprising a. belt owtslieet Inet-alJ a sheet metal bottoni having an edge roll and an underside channel between the bottoni and roll and a plu.

rality of spring metal straps each having an end attecliedto the belt and extending below the bottoni to forni eet'and having the other end of each strap engaged in the channel troni which it releases by an'outward pressure on the foot end of the straps. l

3- 1.1.1 e bird Cese, bside Wall Comprising .e bblt .of Sheet metal, a Sheet metal bottom having en edge roll and an underside channel between the bottoni` and roll and aplurelityof ,Spring .metal Straps each baring M1 end' passed through a slot in the belt and there fined to the inside off the belt said clips being extended down into contact with the roll and hence below the roll to form feet and thence up Wit-l1 the other end of each strapengaged inthe channel from Which it releases by an outward pressure on the foot end of the straps. u f

4C. In a bird cage, a top plate, a inetal belt next to the cage bottoni having. an annular Vchannel near its top edge forming an outside bead, a wire ring in saidV channel, a plurality oi space dfepart Wires secured to the ring and to ,the top plate and cups having lugs with side channels said lugslbeing impinged between a pair of said spaeed-apart Wires to Asecure the cups, the bot-toms of the cups contacting ythe Outer side, of the metal belt andrei-ies Upon. the bead Ofbb@ metal bblb t@ tighten 21nd. limit. the downward movement of the cups.-V Y Y ln, tesbmbny whereof l exmy Signature JOHN VIEWEGl-I. 

